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IDNCowboy
30th January 2006, 04:39 AM
There are some good ones still around yet it seems hard to translate english - korean and so forth so thats the only drawback :(

bwhhisc
31st January 2006, 03:57 AM
I have been told repeatedly that it is best to get a Korean to check your translations... we have all experienced this as well with Chinese and Japanese. Korean is supposed to be even trickier!

They'll probably have a "whois" Hall-of-Shame (with many of us starring in it) for all the goofy regs we have had in these languages.

IDNCowboy
31st January 2006, 04:02 AM
I have been told repeatedly that it is best to get a Korean to check your translations... we have all experienced this as well with Chinese and Japanese. Korean is supposed to be even trickier!

They'll probably have a "whois" Hall-of-Shame (with many of us starring in it) for all the goofy regs we have had in these languages.
You'd think they'd have a powerful translator by now for korean

right now its just too messy

touchring
31st January 2006, 07:58 PM
You'd think they'd have a powerful translator by now for korean

right now its just too messy

Just to show how crappy Google is for Korean (they should actually remove Korean), i just registered 사운드.com (KR OVT: 28596)

사운드 is 'sound', the sound in 'sound card', Google translates '사운드' as 'Future of the company tu'!

IDNCowboy
31st January 2006, 08:19 PM
Just to show how crappy Google is for Korean (they should actually remove Korean), i just registered 사운드.com (KR OVT: 28596)

사운드 is 'sound', the sound in 'sound card', Google translates '사운드' as 'Future of the company tu'!
Where'd you get the translation from

touchring
31st January 2006, 08:20 PM
Sound was translated using AV.

IDNCowboy
31st January 2006, 08:31 PM
Sound was translated using AV.
Altavista's Babelfish? ?

Wow, most of the time it never gives me a correct translation (Korean)

gammascalper
31st January 2006, 08:36 PM
The funny thing is that I recognize that translation 'the future of company'... I think that big G must return that quite often.

If they cant get this working at a minimal level, you can forget about their purported goal of beating the Turing Test anytime soon.

touchring
31st January 2006, 08:36 PM
Altavista's Babelfish? ?

Wow, most of the time it never gives me a correct translation (Korean)

Yes, that's true, AV also fails 4 out of 5 times.

IDNCowboy
31st January 2006, 08:42 PM
Yes, that's true, AV also fails 4 out of 5 times.
its kinda sad that in 2006 its like the stone age to translate korean - english and vice versa

touchring
31st January 2006, 08:54 PM
The funny thing is that I recognize that translation 'the future of company'... I think that big G must return that quite often.

If they cant get this working at a minimal level, you can forget about their purported goal of beating the Turing Test anytime soon.


Sal, the list you posted, did you check availablity? I'm pretty sure that most of the better Korean idn .coms are registered, even if their japanese and chinese counterpart are available.

There are like several times more registered Korean idns than Japanese. To see how sophisticated Korean are for idns, even 日本.com is registered by a Korean.

Korea is moving very fast, they are beating the Japanese and Americans in almost every industry in Asia, from electronics to tv programs (korean films/television outranks Hollywood in East Asia). The combination of chinese entreprenuership/culture and japanese-like discipline is simply too invincible.

gammascalper
31st January 2006, 08:59 PM
I didn't check the entire list, but the terms I was interested in were already taken long ago.

I've mostly given up with Korean.

Here's a resource I used to use... learn-korean.com

hanidn
20th March 2006, 03:18 AM
There are some good ones still around yet it seems hard to translate english - korean and so forth so thats the only drawback :(

Korean market is as small as 10-20% of Japanese... and almost twice IDNs are registerd already... It is been a red ocean now...

IDNCowboy
20th March 2006, 03:23 AM
Korean market is as small as 10-20% of Japanese... and almost twice IDNs are registerd already... It is been a red ocean now...
ya but from what i heard ppl in Korea are very tech savvy and there are still millions of ppl to sell products to.

hanidn
20th March 2006, 03:34 AM
ya but from what i heard ppl in Korea are very tech savvy and there are still millions of ppl to sell products to.

Yes, it is true..

Other idea...

IDNs will be used widely after 1-3 years...Japan will be catching up IT tech. and internet uses in those years or little more....

Giant
20th March 2006, 03:57 AM
Hi hanidn,

I just regged:

hanidn.com
hanzidn.com
hanzidomains.com
hanzidomainnames.com

So, sorry, I just stole your alias! Any comment? :-)

hanidn
20th March 2006, 04:21 AM
Hi hanidn,

I just regged:

hanidn.com
hanzidn.com
hanzidomains.com
hanzidomainnames.com

So, sorry, I just stole your alias! Any comment? :-)

I am so sorry... I can not comment ur domains, because I have no idea about Latin domains...

I have only 50 IDNs...and when I register one IDN, I research at least 2-3 days..

It is been registering IDNs almost 6 years... I do not see any hurry to reg my new IDN because they have been there unregistered for a time being...

I concentrate drops more.

15-17th of May will be a annual event of IDNs drops....around 22th of July.. and around 29th of Sep.....too.

Giant
20th March 2006, 04:35 AM
I am so sorry... I can not comment ur domains, because I have no idea about Latin domains...

I have only 50 IDNs...and when I register one IDN, I research at least 2-3 days..

It is been registering IDNs almost 6 years... I do not see any hurry to reg my new IDN because they have been there unregistered for a time being...

I concentrate drops more.

15-17th of May will be a annual event of IDNs drops....around 22th of July.. and around 29th of Sep.....too.

You do not have comment! That's what I want to hear :-)

Yes, you knew it, I knew it too. These dates were my sweet dates.

Drewbert
20th March 2006, 05:20 AM
Korea has the highest %age of broadband users, doesn't it?

IDNCowboy
20th March 2006, 05:26 AM
Korea has the highest %age of broadband users, doesn't it?
Their internet speeds are also out of this world........ making the U.S. look bad

touchring
20th March 2006, 05:28 AM
I am so sorry... I can not comment ur domains, because I have no idea about Latin domains...

I have only 50 IDNs...and when I register one IDN, I research at least 2-3 days..

It is been registering IDNs almost 6 years... I do not see any hurry to reg my new IDN because they have been there unregistered for a time being...

I concentrate drops more.

15-17th of May will be a annual event of IDNs drops....around 22th of July.. and around 29th of Sep.....too.


Wow, you beat me, i research about 15-25 minutes and i consider that very long. :)

btw, .kr supports idn, have you been registering that as well? It seems to me there are still good opportunities in .kr even last year.

rhys
17th April 2006, 06:20 AM
Their internet speeds are also out of this world........ making the U.S. look bad

Agreed, the U.S. idea of "broadband" is such a joke. We need to sweep the legislature clean with these old farts tied to the cable industry and get some young blood in who understands the "internets" as Bush would call them and competition.

Wow, you beat me, i research about 15-25 minutes and i consider that very long. :)

btw, .kr supports idn, have you been registering that as well? It seems to me there are still good opportunities in .kr even last year.

Is there an english interface registrar for .kr anyone recommends? Not that I feel like attempting hangul but just for reference.

IDNCowboy
5th May 2006, 04:11 PM
Agreed, the U.S. idea of "broadband" is such a joke. We need to sweep the legislature clean with these old farts tied to the cable industry and get some young blood in who understands the "internets" as Bush would call them and competition.



Is there an english interface registrar for .kr anyone recommends? Not that I feel like attempting hangul but just for reference.
back to square 1.... are we allowed to register .kr if we live outside of korea? :-)

surely there is a way around it

Static
29th August 2006, 01:03 PM
If any of you guys need any translation help regarding Korean, feel free to PM me since I speak Korean and I am Korean. :P

Yes, Korean people are very tech savvy which only increase the opportunity in selling these domains in near future. With IE7 coming out and many Koreans still preferring IE over FireFox, it'll be great. Korean's prefer IE because many websites, such as online game websites require IE. You login with your ID on their website, install an ActiveX, and when you click "Game Start" you can play. Different from most other games which have icons and you run it off your PC's icon.

Due to this, Korean IDNs should definately increase in price rapidly in near future.

touchring
29th August 2006, 01:16 PM
That's great, hope there will be changes. Korean traffic hasn't been very promising, both CTR and PPC is low as well.

thefabfive
29th August 2006, 01:20 PM
If any of you guys need any translation help regarding Korean, feel free to PM me since I speak Korean and I am Korean. :P

Yes, Korean people are very tech savvy which only increase the opportunity in selling these domains in near future. With IE7 coming out and many Koreans still preferring IE over FireFox, it'll be great. Korean's prefer IE because many websites, such as online game websites require IE. You login with your ID on their website, install an ActiveX, and when you click "Game Start" you can play. Different from most other games which have icons and you run it off your PC's icon.

Due to this, Korean IDNs should definately increase in price rapidly in near future.
That's very nice to hear.

And welcome aboard. :)

Static
29th August 2006, 02:32 PM
That's great, hope there will be changes. Korean traffic hasn't been very promising, both CTR and PPC is low as well.

That is true. But you must keep in mind that there is a system called "수호천사" in a few Korean ISPs which blocks out pornographic websites and at times, advertisements too. Pretty scary, but yes, they somehow manage to not display the advertisement images. :o Probably the CTR and PPC may be a bit affected by it too.

Also, note that although Koreans are tech savvy, the majority don't type in random stuff into their browsers. When searching for websites, they also don't use sites such as Google, but use sites like Naver.com, Daum.net, Empas.com. Three major Korean SEs. You need to remember that they aren't all that "friendly" with English.

thefabfive, thanks for the welcome! I actually came to get an IDN of mine appraised, but thought heck, why not help out? I've already received three requests for help. As long as I have the time I'm willing to. :)

bwhhisc
29th August 2006, 03:05 PM
Welcome Static, can you give translation on this. Thanks

코리아.net

thefabfive
29th August 2006, 03:22 PM
Bill - I think I can help out on this.

코리아 is the transliteration of Korea.

bwhhisc
29th August 2006, 04:03 PM
Bill - I think I can help out on this.
코리아 is the transliteration of Korea.

Thanks Mo, thats what I got off the translator, but figured it was a type of secondary term.

touchring
29th August 2006, 06:27 PM
Thanks Mo, thats what I got off the translator, but figured it was a type of secondary term.


I saw this, it's also used on Korea.com website i think.

Static
30th August 2006, 12:26 PM
Yes. 코리아 sounds like Korea in when read in Korean. 코리아.net seems like a pretty good name considering how Korea.com is a major Korean portal.